i-BLADES

A Silicon Valley start-up, i-BLADES’s technology turns ordinary smartphones into extraordinary mobile solutions for public, private and command solutions. i-BLADES created the world’s first “Smartcase,” a next-generation mobile phone case with award winning technology inside. It’s a snap-on/snap-off universal modular expansion platform combining Smartcases with Blades providing more battery, more memory, more radios, more sensors, better audio, and many more. CEO and founder Jorge Fernandes is a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose many innovations include the global standard behind contactless payments such as Apple Pay.

www.i-blades.com | Milpitas, CA | Press Release | Initial Investment: February 2019

Blue Danube Systems

Blue Danube Systems designs next generation wireless solutions for mobile networks and other applications. Our Coherent Massive MIMO solution brings 5G beamforming to today’s networks dramatically increasing network capacity and end user experience. Together with cloud-based software suite utilizing machine learning techniques, our technology enables up to a 10X capacity increase in cellular networks with today’s smartphones. Blue Danube Systems is a privately held start-up backed by Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake along with other investors including AT&T.

www.bluedanube.com | Santa Clara, CA | Initial Investment: December 2017

Mist

Mist, a Juniper company, built the first AI-driven wireless platform designed specifically for the smart device era. The Mist Learning Wireless LAN makes Wi-Fi predictable, reliable, and measurable by providing unprecedented visibility into the user experience and by replacing time consuming manual IT tasks with proactive automation. In addition, Mist is the first vendor to bring Enterprise grade Wi-Fi, BLE and IoT together to deliver personalized, location-based, wireless services without requiring battery-powered beacons.  All operations are managed via Mist’s modern cloud architecture for maximum scalability, agility, and performance.

 

Mist was acquired by Juniper in March 2019.

www.mist.com | Cupertino, CA | Initial Investment: June 2017